Revellers acquire taste for festival
The Marlborough Wine and Food Festival is developing into a week-long event, rather than just a day or weekend.
RBYM reinvents itself
JARED NICOLL - The Marlborough Express
4:00pm A group of young Marlborough musicians will play their last show in Blenheim before reinventing themselves in Auckland.
Wasp bait nearing release
4:00pm A former Landcare Research scientist is developing a wasp-specific poison that could be sold commercially to help control wasp numbers.
Blenheim glaziers head to nationals
4:00pm
Two Blenheim glaziers are polishing their skills in preparation for a national competition which could see them representing the country in Spain.
Man to meet victim for restorative justice
The Marlborough Express
4:00pm A Blenheim man who had to be cut out of his car following a car accident will meet the man he drove into the back of for restorative justice.
Three new plans for river site
Architect Tim Barton has unveiled three options for developing the High St land by the Taylor River in Blenheim that had been mooted as the site for a Speight's Ale House.
Rockin' at the wine fest
Dane Rumble is ready to rock Blenheim for the first time ever at the Marlborough Wine Festival this weekend.
Hospice needs help to make music
Lucky piper to hone skills in Canada
Get moving towards your gym goals
It's time to get going on that new year's resolution, and what better place to start than at the Kaikoura Community Gym, complete with new challenges and a new team of staff ready to help you achieve your goals.
James eager for games
2012 marks a special year for many young athletes because the first national Independence Games are to be held in Auckland in April.
Rowers learn to sew to stay warm
Kaikoura eye return to top
Women do well in veterans' matches
Nearly 100 players, including visitors, did battle for various titles in the Marlborough Veterans tournament at the Forrest Winery Marlborough Tennis Centre over the weekend.
Times not sweet for beekeepers
Marlborough beekeepers are experiencing a challenging spring and summer, says Federated Farmers Marlborough bee industry representative Will Trollope.
Possum fur trade booming
A booming possum trade in recent months has increased the Conservation Department's concern about illegal trapping.
Farmers worried by classification process
Dairy effluent spotlighted
Trainee thrives at winery
Erin Kenyon is two years into her four-year organic horticultural apprenticeship at Seresin Estate.
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Well-hidden treasure
Sophie Preece visits a house perfectly tuned to the idiosyncrasies of its owners, with a hint of marauding pirates and Japan's snowy mountains.
Tahr pie a dish fit for a king
It's not every day you get to sink your teeth into meat so lean and tasty it has to be sourced by helicopter from the top of a mountain.
Jo's floating bach
The party kicks off
Cheese, please
One of my accomplishments last year was to create delicious ricotta at a local cheese-making class tutored by Lisa Harper, of Sherrington Grange.
Voices will soon soar with Wilma
Scottish-born singing teacher Wilma Halliday is originally from Stirling, but ask around town and many know her from her days teaching here in Kaikoura.
Golden guitar winner to play again
A firm favourite at Fyffe House Music on the Lawn, Jess Robinson performs with the air of a true professional. So it is hard to believe that this is the only event she now sings at.
Tough and tender mixed in one film
Artist's road trip memories
Carving faces and strong friendships
Unity in the world is impossible if people judge one another by face value alone, says Auckland photographer Serena Giovanna Stevenson.
Milk price shot fired
Slashing the price of milk by a boutique Hamilton food store is a gimmick which could backfire on customers, according to a supermarket boss.
Kiwi billionaire's stake in Aussie firm
Richard Chandler will inject A$150m into revamping Australian forestry company Gunns but faces a community backlash.
Bars leave after slow progress
Minimum wage rises - by 50 cents
Tower director resigns
The resignation of independent Tower director Denis Wood has brought boardroom tensions to the surface.
Vineyard co-owner believed in industry
Three new plans for river site
Pining for days of coneless trees
Rowers learn to sew to stay warm
Times not sweet for beekeepers
GP queries alternative treatment
Courtesy crossings, boon or bane?
Times not sweet for beekeepers
Plunge from plane recalled 75 years on
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